San Diego (California, USA) Site History
History Summary
| Station Name | San Diego |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 32° 42.9' N |
| Longitude | 117° 10.4' W |
| Country | USA |
| GLOSS No. | 159 |
| Time Reference | GMT (hours 00-23) |
| Contributor | US Coastal Geodetic Survey (1906-1972) National Ocean Service (NOS) (1973+) |
| Instrument Type | Standard mechanical (1906-1974) Analog-to-digital (ADR) recorder (1975-1990) Aquatrak acoustic gauge, NOAA Next Generation Water Level Measuring System (NGWLMS) (1991-2000) |
| Site of Gauge | |
| Observational Period | 1906-2000 |
Reference Level
All heights have been referred to the station tide staff zero which is linked to fixed benchmarks.
Data prior to 5 Jan 1926 were adjusted by - 107mm to tie the original site to the new site.
An obvious level jump was adjusted by -120mm (08Z) 01 January to (18Z) 19 January 1973.
Quality Assessment by the UH Sea Level Center
Comments
The daily and monthly means reveal no apparent reference level changes or trends and agree with the nearest stations.
Timing no better than about ±7 minutes prior to 1936.
The data for 1997-2000 were supplied with heights relative to MLLW. Consequently 1091mm was added to refer the data to tide gauge zero.
The data for 1998-2000 were supplied in non-GMT format and had to be shifted into GMT.
Suspicious data that have not been adjusted:
| Dates | Comment |
|---|---|
| 26 June - 02 October 1919 | Bad timing; appears 10cm high relative to PSMSL data |
| 01 January - 31 March 1929 | Bad timing; appears 10cm low relative to PSMSL data |
Notable episodic events:
- 11 November 1922: Tsunami
- 01 April 1946: Tsunami from E. Aleutians
- 04-06 November 1952: Tsunami from Kamchatka
- 09-10 March 1957: Tsunami from C. Aleutians
- 23-25 May 1960: Tsunami from S.C. Chile
- 28-29 March 1964: Tsunami from Alaska
| Year | CI(%) | Missing Data | Replaced Gaps or Bad Data | Questionable Fluctuations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 94 | None | None | None |
| 1907 | 100 | None | (23)040-(08)041 (04)205-(11)205 | None |
| 1908 | 100 | None | (06)365-(13)365 | None |
| 1909 | 100 | None | (15)010-(00)011 | None |
| 1910 | 100 | None | (20)266-(07)267 | None |
| 1911 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1912 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1913 | 100 | None | (23)167-(09)168 | None |
| 1914 | 100 | None | (16)027-(00)028 | None |
| 1915 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1916 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1917 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1918 | 98 | 244-251 | (06)012-(01)013(23)034-(14)035 (02)075-(11)075 (05)082-(12)082 (03)090-(12)090 (04)112-(11)112 (08)134-(18)134 | 76-77,98-100 |
| 1919 | 97 | 275-287 | None | 163-275 |
| 1920 | 100 | None | (13)036-(06)037 (16)180-(06)181 (19)197-(03)198 (21)253-(04)254 (14)339-(23)339 | None |
| 1921 | 100 | None | (12)004-(22)004 (15)005-(22)005 (01)026-(11)026 (13)040-(20)040 (01)042-(11)042 (23)213-(15)214 | None |
| 1922 | 100 | None | (03)164-(11)164 (21)315-(09)316 | None |
| 1923 | 100 | None | (05)281-(20)281 (20)357-(05)358 | None |
| 1924 | 100 | None | (03)069-(11)069 (05)070-(12)070 (15)281-(22)281 | None |
| 1925 | 100 | None | (12)099-(19)099 (08)115-(02)116 (10)118-(17)118 (17)345-(03)346 | None |
| 1926 | 52 | 4-181 | None | None |
| 1927 | 99 | 362-365 | None | None |
| 1928 | 99 | 1 | None | None |
| 1929 | 78 | 100-182 | (04)217-(11)217 | 23-100 |
| 1930 | 100 | None | (12)090-(23)090 | None |
| 1931 | 96 | 321-323,327-331, 339-348 | (21)073-(04)074 (10)143-(09)144 | 254-339 |
| 1932 | 100 | None | (18)334-(11)335 (16)333-(23)333 (07)334-(11)335 | None |
| 1933 | 100 | None | None | 68-90 |
| 1934 | 100 | None | (13)016-(23)016 (14)024-(05)025 (18)194-(01)195 (06)195-(13)195 | None |
| 1935 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1936 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1937 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1938 | 97 | 1-11 | (04)161-(12)161 (22)219-(11)220 | None |
| 1939 | 96 | 84-96,105-108 | (09)015-(21)015 (06)041-(13)041 | None |
| 1940 | 95 | 348-366 | (12)330-(23)330 | None |
| 1941 | 92 | 1-29 | None | None |
| 1942 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1943 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1944 | 100 | None | (13)068-(20)068 | None |
| 1945 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1946 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1947 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1948 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1949 | 96 | 184-199 | None | None |
| 1950 | 99 | 119-122 | (10)117-(20)117 | None |
| 1951 | 96 | 316-330 | None | None |
| 1952 | 100 | None | (18)006-(03)007 (14)128-(23)128 | None |
| 1953 | 100 | None | (06)103-(14)103 | None |
| 1954 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1955 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1956 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1957 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1958 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1959 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1960 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1961 | 100 | None | (18)002-(05)003 (02)151-(15)151 (02)164-(11)164 (23)283-(10)284 (03)296-(23)297 (02)308-(23)308 (12)309-(04)310 (00)339-(11)339 | None |
| 1962 | 25 | 91-365 | None | None |
| 1963 | 94 | 1-22 | (21)023-(16)024 (02)124-(11)124 (08)144-(15)144 | None |
| 1964 | 100 | None | (02)163-(14)163 (23)322-(23)323 | None |
| 1965 | 92 | 335-365 | (16)321-(11)322 | 101-102 |
| 1966 | 98 | 1,60-67 | (00)007-(11)007 | None |
| 1967 | 100 | None | None | 273-274 |
| 1968 | 97 | 343-353,358-359 | None | 82-84 |
| 1969 | 100 | None | (04)010-(11)010 (01)011-(10)011 (05)079-(15)079 | 13-17 |
| 1970 | 90 | 96-105,178-180,293- 314,316-320,328-331 | (06)201-(16)201 (07)202-(15)202 (09)323-(17)323 | 66-67 |
| 1971 | 100 | None | None | 250 |
| 1972 | 95 | 188-207 | (01)122-(21)122 (18)310-(04)311 (09)353-(23)353 | 1-2,116-121 |
| 1973 | 100 | None | (12)315-(23)315 (01)316-(11)316 | 45-47 |
| 1974 | 90 | 110-112,115-150 | (08)012-(18)012 (07)155-(16)155 (07)169-(15)169 (06)230-(23)230 | 179,216,226-228 275-276 |
| 1975 | 98 | 335-342,363-364 | (17)023-(00)024 (12)057-(00)058 (04)058-(22)058 (03)119-(23)119 (02)212-(23)212 (18)345-(15)346 (12)352-(07)353 (01)361-(19)361 | 191-194,222-223, 264-265,269,277,286,293-295,303-305 |
| 1976 | 99 | 105-107,113-114 | (12)132-(23)312 | None |
| 1977 | 99 | 92-94,255-258 | None | None |
| 1978 | 100 | None | (08)060-(00)061 | None |
| 1979 | 99 | 334-337 | (13)067-(11)068 | None |
| 1980 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1981 | 100 | None | (12)022-(23)022 | 60 |
| 1982 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1983 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1984 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1985 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1986 | 71 | 220-325 | None | None |
| 1987 | 100 | None | (12)064-(09)065 | None |
| 1988 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1989 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1990 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1991 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1992 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1993 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1994 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1995 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1996 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1997 | 99 | 032 | None | 001-075,334-363 |
| 1998 | 100 | None | None | None |
| 1999 | 100 | None | None | 289-293 |
| 2000 | 100 | None | None | None |
